Lincoln Center Theater has moved its Broadway production of "Flying Over Sunset" to spring 2021. The new musical, as well as Lynn Nottage's opera "Intimate Apparel," were previously set to p…
Broadway shows will remain closed through at least Jan. 3, according to sources familiar with the matter. The Broadway League is expected to make an announcement about the new date this …
Philip J. Smith will retire as chairman and co-chief executive of the Shubert Organization after more than 63 years at the company. Robert Wankel, the current co-CEO and president of the…
The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society has announced new measures it will take to combat racism within the industry. Among the initial steps, the union said it will publish detai…
Danny Burstein was awarded the Drama League's Distinguished Performance Award for his role in "Moulin Rouge!" Burstein was among the winners announced Thursday for the Drama League awards ho…
A COVID-19 theater think tank has launched a website to help theaters across the country identify risks and areas of improvement related to the virus. Created by producer and publicist M…
Pulitzer Prize-winner "A Strange Loop" won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, with "The Inheritance" taking home the prize for Outstanding Play in the digital ceremony Saturday ev…
After penning a testimonial speaking to racism within the theater industry, a collective of more than 300 theatremakers " artists who identify as Black, Indigenous and People of Color "Â s…
A petition to make the Apollo Theater a Broadway house garnered close to 16,000 signatures in the past week. However, the petition, which has now closed, did not come from the Apollo The…
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS announced Monday a donation of $125,000 distributed across the Broadway Advocacy Coalition and three other social justice and anti-racism groups. Of the…
Members of the Broadway community are pushing for change in the industry amid a national reckoning on racial inequality. Last week, several Black members of the theater community posted …
A few years ago, I was having a conversation with friends over dinner and drinks. OK, mostly drinks. As we discussed our experiences working in theatre, I breezily made a joke about being th…
The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society has partnered with the American Guild of Musical Artists to hire a team of medical professionals to create safety recommendations around reopen…
NY1 and the Drama Desk Organization have postponed Sunday evening's broadcast of the Drama Desk Awards amid protests in New York. NY1 was originally scheduled to air a special presentation o…
Broadway shows, theatrical institutions and unions have spoken out against police brutality and racial injustice in light of the ongoing protests occurring across the country. Over the w…
Off-Off-Broadway theaters are banding together to seek some form of rent relief as continued payments threaten their survival. Close to 400 attendees tuned in to a virtual town hall Thur…
Darren DeVerna, chief executive of global theatre for Production Resource Group, died May 21 at the age of 60. Deverna passed away after a battle with cancer, according to the company. A…
Actors' Equity has unveiled four overarching principles needed to safely reopen theaters across the country. The preliminary principles, designed by epidemiologist David Michaels, rely o…
Health insurance premiums will increase for members of Actors' Equity as fund trustees grapple with maintaining insurance coverage while theaters are closed. The quarterly premium will i…
Helmed by a newly announced creative team, a musical adaptation of "Smash" is setting its sights on Broadway. The musical, based on the NBC television show, will feature a book by Bob Martin…
Two digital events will honor the Tony Awards on June 7. The first will air on streaming platform Broadway on Demand and TonyAwards.com, with support from the American Theatre Wing and t…
The musical adaptation of "Some Like It Hot" will now head straight to Broadway in fall 2021. The musical was originally slated to make its world premiere in Chicago in 2021, but that en…
The Broadway production of "Frozen" will not reopen when Broadway resumes, Disney Theatrical Productions announced Thursday. Disney Theatrical says the closure is "a result of the industry-w…
As Broadway theaters remain dark, producers are still receiving weekly rent bills. They're not paying yet. The expectation is that producers will pay once they receive money from insuran…
The Actors Fund has distributed more than $10.5 million to members of the arts community impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The amount, distributed over eight weeks, is a record for the …